diff --git a/recipes/core/initfs/init.rc b/recipes/core/initfs/init.rc
index 9f80f6485a486074bb78785118914de8374c95aa..6ccaeb60964647f1014a4fee2dfbdfea72757a72 100644
--- a/recipes/core/initfs/init.rc
+++ b/recipes/core/initfs/init.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export PATH /scheme/initfs/bin
 export TMPDIR /tmp
+export RUST_BACKTRACE 1
 nulld
 zerod
 randd